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Bettie K. Johnson-Mbayo
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German authorities arrested six alleged members of a migrant smuggling network operating across the English Channel.
European Raids Target Migrant Smuggling Operation
A migrant smuggling network accused of ferrying migrants across the English Channel using inflatable boats has been dismantled.
www.occrp.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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📌 Academic and Training Scholarships for Investigative Journalism

For budding reporters or those looking to break into the profession, GIJN has compiled a list of academic and training scholarships for investigative and data journalism.

More: https://twp.ai/1X1wzt
Academic and Training Scholarships for Investigative Journalism
For budding reporters or those looking to break into in the profession, GIJN has compiled a list of academic and training scholarships for investigative and data journalism.
twp.ai
March 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Our final installment of @gijn.org's annual Editor's Picks, this one from eastern Europe, central Asia and the Caucasus, featuring investigations into Russian military sanctions evasion, illicit timber smuggling, and the cloistered world of Putin's secret sons.
gijn.org/stories/2024...
Russian Arms Sales, Sanctioned Timber, and Putin’s Secret Children: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus
From Russia to Central Asia, the climate for investigative journalism is deteriorating. But watchdog reporters have not given up, even if many now have to report from overseas.
gijn.org
January 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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For two years, a rare “newspaper war” was brewing in Baltimore.

For a brief time, the city had two powerhouse newsrooms in the digital nonprofit Baltimore Banner and The Baltimore Sun, the city’s legacy newspaper.

Then, a billionaire owner got involved. ⬇️

www.poynter.org/business-wor...
A rare newspaper war was brewing in Baltimore. Then a billionaire owner began meddling. - Poynter
News readers benefitted as the ascendant Banner forged its identity against the established Sun. A turbulent ownership change may spoil everything.
www.poynter.org
January 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Prince Yormie Johnson from Nimba County, the fearless war leader, evangelist, and longest-serving senator, has died. Some see him as a hero, while others see him as Villian.
#Liberia
November 28, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Bong County lawmaker Moima Biggs-Mensah abstained from both minority and majority blocs in the ensuing battle for the removal of Speaker J. Fonati Koffa.
#Liberia
November 20, 2024 at 6:10 PM